Tag: Art

La Raie verte (1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Raie verte, Madame Matisse (The Green Stripe, Madame Matisse) 1905 Oil and tempera on canvas, 40.5 x 32.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen © Succession H. Matisse, Paris This depiction of the artist’s wife, Amélie, is…

La Danse (1909-1910)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Danse (Dance) 1909–1910 Oil on canvas, 260 x 391 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse The pair of panels known as “The Dance and Music” (also in the Hermitage) are amongst Matisse‘s most important –…

La Musique (1910)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Musique (Music) 1910 Oil on canvas, 260 x 389 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg © Succession H. Matisse “Music” forms a pair to “The Dance“, also painted in 1910. After the collector Sergey Shchukin commissioned “The Dance”, he…

La Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure (1905)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) La Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure (Open Window, Collioure) 1905 Oil on canvas, 55.25 × 46.04 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Matisse‘s Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated…

Autoportrait (1906)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1906 Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen © Succession H. Matisse/BilledKunst Copydan 2012

Charles Monginot

(1825–1900) The artist’s works: Nature morte c.1853 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Après la chasse 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Monginot in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Occupation Painter

Bal du moulin de la Galette (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette (Dance at Le moulin de la Galette) 1876 Oil on canvas, 131.5 x 176.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1879 to 1894, in the Gustave Caillebotte collection. This painting is doubtless Renoir‘s most…

Eugène Cyrille Brunet

(1828–1921) Louis-Jean Delton or Jean Delton Jr., Visiting card portrait of Eugène Cyrille Brunet (around 1875), Manet Album, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Brunet in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Wife Caroline Brunet, née…

Albert de Balleroy

(1828–1872) Albert Felix Justin de la Cour de Balleroy The artist’s works: La curée d’un lapin 1862 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Le débuché 1863 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Comte Albert de Balleroy in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland…